 YogiBeera (2437), Hamburg, Germany
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 24, 2005 Golden, small head, soft carbonation. Cellery nose with some parfume notes. Not unpleasant. Medium bitter hops taste, medium long lasting. A bit spicey at the end.
pivo (2537), Germany
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 20, 2005 Fruity, floral hop nose; hazy dark yellow; scumy head. Thin malt body - quick profile. Tangy broad hop bitter like rocket - lingers forever. Thin, scratchy texture. Kinda like a homebrew, but I like it.
AAO (102), Næstved, Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 4, 2005 Hazy golden color, middle white head. Heavy hoppy taste, a little malthy in the finish. Aroma very sweet. Nice sweet beer.
CampbellWilson (533), Scotland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 10, 2004 Good ’normal’ bitter from the Fraoch boys. Must have been hard to resist throwing in handfuls of buttercups or hogweed. 355ml bottle. Spare diminishing head. Clear (filtered) amber body with mild carbonation. Resiny hop aroma with biscuity malt. Medium oily mouthfeel with fairly bitter hop finish.
Pleasant for a British IPA. Those used to the American version will probably be disappointed at the lack of strong hop flavour
leaparsons (4749), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 8, 2004 Retired? I managed to get one in Fort William. This is a golden beer with a bubbly white head. Aromas are biscuit malts with caramel, citrus and pine. Flavours are soft and buttery malts and a pine bites that is unforunately quite short. Tastes quite "green" in its hopping. Lacks depth but is decent enough.
Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Aug 6, 2004 Pale yellow and hazy with small thin head. Aroma is slightly fruity, but the palate is mostly watery. Some yeastiness as well.
chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Jul 4, 2004 In late 2003, Heather Ales (which used the Craigmill badge for "non-historical" beers) took over Forth Brewery and renamed it Williams Brothers. Heather’s operations were moved to Forth, whilst the Maclay beers that had been brewed at Forth moved to Belhaven. Craigmill and Forth’s own beers seem to have been jettisoned in the process. This one is no great loss. The 355ml bottle suggests it was intended for the export marked. Exporting a session bitter to the US and calling it an IPA is not a smart move, as US drinkers expect something entirley different from an IPA. But it’s a bad beer anyway. Hazy ginger colour. Very little carbonation. Faintly hoppy aroma, with a bit of bready malt, but tainted by soggy cardboard, characteristic of pasteurised bottles. The flavour has some dry malt, again marred by cardboard. The mouthfeel is watery and the overall effect is unimpressive. No zing at all. 355ml bottle (not bottle conditioned) from beersofeurope.co.uk. BBE 31 July 2004.
duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 1.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 3/5 | 2/10 | 1/5 | 4/20 |
Jun 28, 2004 Bottle. Safely the worst IPA i’ve ever had. Burnt honey, boiled vegetables, very flabby, limp and almost cloying mouthfeel. Sooooooooo bad.
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